AndSunGorilla:

Benjamin Frederick played at the U20 WC for us as a DF and moved to Brentford B team thereafter.

Ok thanks. I remember he was in the 2023 U20 Team

Danielnino00:
My nomination:

1. Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface, Alex Iwobi

2. Chiamaka Nnadozie, Asisat Oshoala, Toni Payne

3. Sadiq Ismail, Sikiru Alimi, Amas Obasogie

4. Bruno Onyemachi, Victor Boniface, Nathan Tella

5. Osayi Kingdom, Amas Obasogie, Kayode Bankole

6. Calvin Bassey, Semi Ajayi, Zaidu Sanusi

7. Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Daniel Daga

8. Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface, Taiwo Awoniyi

9. Taiwo Awoniyi, Wilfred Ndidi, Calvin Bassey

10. Daniel Daga, Gift Orban, Benjamin Frederick

11. Frank Onyela goal vs Mozambique, Keleci Iheanacho goal vs Saudi Arabia, Ademola Lookman goal vs Sao Tome

12. Kelechi Iheanacho assist for Awoniyi vs Sao Tome, Sanusi assist for Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone, Aribo assist for Osimhen vs Sierra Leone

13. Super Falcons, Flying Eagles, Enyimba

14. Randy Waldrum, Finidi George, Ladan Bosso

15. Akor Adams, Gift Orban, Tosin Adarabioyo

I thought #10 is for players that have represented Nigeria at any national team level. I don't think Gift Urban has featured for any of our national teams and Benjamin Frederick please remind me which of our Youth Teams he played for

On #10 Same for Joebie

Danielnino00:
The first order of business is the selection of award categories.
Here is the category from the last award:


1. Nigerian player of the year
2. Nigerian female player of the year
3. NPFL player of the year
4. Most impactful new inclusion (2023)
5. Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
6. Stephen Keshi defender of the year
7. Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
8. Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
9. Most improved player (2021)
10. Young player of the year (U-21)
11. Super eagles goal of the year
12. Best assist of the year
13. Team of the year (club or national)


If you want us to go ahead with this, please indicate. If otherwise, drop your preferred categories.

My nominations:
1. Alex Iwobi, Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface
2. Chiamaka Nnadozie, Mitchel Alozie, Azizat Oshoala
3. Imade Osarenkhoe, Sikiru Alimi, Amas Obasogie
4. Bruno Onyemaechi, Victor Boniface, Nathan Tella
5. Francis Uzoho, Kayode Bankole, Amas Obasogie
6. Bruno Onyemaechi, Samuel Osayi, Calvin Bassey
7. Frank Onyeka, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi
8. Taiwo Awoniyi, Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface
9. Taiwo Awoniyi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman
10. Light Eke, Daniel Daga, Jude Sunday
11. Kelechi Iheanacho goal vs Zimbabwe, Frank Onyeka goal vs Mozambique, Ademola Lookman goal vs Sao Tome
12. Aribo assist for Osimhen vs Sierra Leone, Kelechi Iheanacho Assist for Awoniyi vs Sao Tome, Sanusi assits for Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone
13. Super Falcons, Flying Eagles, Enyimba FC
14. Randy Waldrum, Ladan Bosso, Finidi George
15. Gift Orban, Tosin Adarabioyo, Imade Osarenkhoe

Mujtahida:
I like watching the old footballers now legends of the game play legends matches. I'm still so stuck with these guys because of the sweet memories they gave me. Watching them now fills me with nostalgia.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgoKnttzz9E?si=oN3hVShzhGvKaHr3
Charlesemeka85, Kog45, Icon4s, AndSunGorilla, thegoodjoe, Odunayaw

Make una see these legends. My God, my heart swells as a thousand memories sweep through my soul.

Julius Aghahowa with his trademark finish.
Peter Rufai with his trademark goal concession (the first goal). Rufai don turn akpere finish
Jayjay Okocha with his trademark freek-kick. Golden era footballers indeed.

On a normal day, when these two teams met back then na War!

MuchAdo:
Comedy post.

I hope this is in the jokes section.

Regular holidays abroad is [b]FAR BETTER than japa. [/b]



By the grace of God, I am comfortable here in Nigeria and I am not yet rich.

You get it

LooneyLester:
Why are they lamenting??


They come back and stay in Nigeria


It's not by force to travel

What are they saying, what are you saying

Danielnino00:
Good morning gentlemen.

Based on the responses given, it's clear that everyone want us to adopt the former criteria for nomination.
So here we go....

All committee members are to nominate 3 names for each category, and the names with the most nomination would be selected for the final round of voting by all Nairalanders. In the event that there is a tie in the names nominated, all members of the committee will have to vote on it.
The criteria for nomination include:
1. All nomination should fall under the year 2023 in review.
2. Number 4 (most impactful new inclusion) refers to a player who made his super eagles debut this year and left a good impression
3. Number 15 (prospect of the year) refers to a player of Nigerian origin, regardless of his age who is eligible to represent Nigeria, but hasn't, and is highly talented.
4. For those of us who might be forgetful, its recommended that we tune in to Bascovanveli YouTube channel (Naija bias football channel) for highlights of super eagles games this year to help in deciding the nomination for nunber 11 and 12.
5. Nomination closes on Friday 15th December 2023.

Icon4s Thesupernerd Charlesemeka85 Joebie Andsungorilla

Well done Danielnino00, these criteria are highly noted.

For #15 does the player have to be a 'foreign born', or any Nigerian player, irrespective of whether local or foreign born?

Promise47:
I love Cameroon alot they are close to Nigeria big neighbors and because of Francis ngannou

Yeah, I love watching them too. But unfortunately they couldn't make it this time.

Promise47:
Please where is Cameroon I'm confused where are dy please

Knocked out at the first round by Kenya.

Danielnino00:
I wanted to say we should go ahead and start nominating individuals for each categories, but I thought of something,based on the question raised by Andsungorilla.

He asked if some of the award categories were gender inclusive. I was now thinking,what if we made the award open to all of our national teams and not just the super eagles alone? Icon4s also asked me to indicate the criteria for nomination of individuals fpr the categories,and it got me thinking the more.
Agreed, the thread that birthed this award is mostly focused on the super eagles, but we always include discussions about our other national teams too. Maybe we could do the same for the award.
We could make it all gender and level inclusive.
If the majority says otherwise, we can leave it as it used to be.

Thesupernerd
Icon4s
Joebie
Andsungorilla
Charlesemeka85

I suggest we leave it the way it is. IE the Super Eagles, Super Falcons categories etc. This will be easier for us to set criteria and more easily rate players based on the set criteria.

Danielnino00:


Joebie, Andsungorilla, Icon4s and Charlesemeka85, any objections?
So we can move on to the next agenda

The categories are fine.

charlesemeka85:
Pitso Mosimane in love with our Super Eagles? Should the NFF get him?

Pitso Mosimane;

“To be honest, I would like to coach in the World Cup. I do not choose what comes, I would like to go to the World Cup. South Africa wants to qualify, Nigeria wants to qualify.

"If you have Chukuweze and the boy (Osimhen) playing for Napoli as your striker, I mean really. That Nigerian team is unbelievable. I saw the draw against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Okay, its football, it happens. But how can politics between the government and the federation derail the team?

"Of course, I want South Africa to win because I am South African. But in reality, I think Nigeria has the team (Players). I really would like to go to the World Cup, but it must be a good team that can compete."

#copied

I know Pitso had always admired Nigerian football especially as he tasted several defeats from us during his time as the coach of SA but, sorry, the Super Eagles is above his level of coaching.
Besides, can he withstand the mental stress of working with the NFF?

France 2:1 Mali FT

For me, Mali were the best team in the tournament.
This was the team that could have given them their first U17 title. The "Almost" syndrome, killed them again today.

MetalJigsaw:
Mali are in big trouble now, they're one man down. And they conceded a goal immediately after that. ( They were leading 1-0 initially)

It's currently FRA 1-1 MAL

Mali were slight favourtes coming into this game though

They were leading 1:0 and looked like the team to get another goal until that rough tackle and the red card. Now it is 2:1 for France.

At a point in this game I was already seeing them beating Germany in the final
Mali and "älmost" syndrome na 5 & 6.

Icon4s:
Mali and their "Almost" syndrome. Hope it won't hurt them again today.

Who else is watching France vs Mali U17 WC Semi?

Looks like it has come to hurt them again

Mali and their "Almost" syndrome. Hope it won't hurt them again today.

Who else is watching France vs Mali U17 WC Semi?

Infolenka:
The thought of losing a loved one scares the shit out of me. I've been lucky not to have lost anyone close to me. Condolences to those who have.

For those that have lost loved ones in the past, I'm curious to know how you dealed with the loss, especially few days after their death.

Feel free to go into details if you want.

January 25th, 2022 I lost a cousin (Aged 40) that came to our family house to spend Christmas. Buried first week in February.

March 11th, 2022, I lost my elder brother's wife (aged 50)

August 3rd, 2022, I lost my dear Mom (aged 74)

August 29th, 2022, I lost my elder brother(aged 52) that lost his wife in March

At that point we had 3 dead family members in the mortuary.

Worst period of my life. People were asking who is next.... Uncles and Auntie were always checking on those of us still remaining, to know if we are ok. Stories flying here and there.

It all seemed like a terrible nightmare. It still feels same.

Buried my brother and his wife October 21st 2022 (looked like something from a Nollywood drama) and buried mom December 30th, 2022.

This is a situation I don't wish even my enemy to go through.

Time dey say heals wounds.

Angelfrost:
Amaka Igwe and Christy Essien-Igbokwe have no business on that list...!


Those were Amazons while alive, and breaking new ground in the Entertainment Industry... Death didn't make them more popular than they already were, they were simply celebrated for their milestones.

You people should learn to do proper research and fact-finding before rushing to create topics and threads.

The author must be a very young person and so didn't know Amaka Igwe and Christy Essien Igbokwe at their primes

Danielnino00:
The first order of business is the selection of award categories.
Here is the category from the last award:


1. Nigerian player of the year
2. Nigerian female player of the year
3. NPFL player of the year
4. Most impactful new inclusion (2021)
5. Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
6. Stephen Keshi defender of the year
7. Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
8. Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
9. Most improved player (2021)
10. Young player of the year (U-21)
11. Super eagles goal of the year
12. Best assist of the year
13. Team of the year (club or national)


If you want us to go ahead with this, please indicate. If otherwise, drop your preferred categories.

Item #4 should be for 2023

Danielnino00:
Icon4s, Thesupernerd, Charlesemeka85, Joebie and Andsungorilla, good morning sirs.

The thread is now officially open for the nomination process.

Good morning Danielnino00. Good morning all team members.

You may, please, need to roll out the nomination criteria and what the process entails.

Kog45:
Oga no be initial gra gra o…it seems the gap is no longer wide o as before,initially I thought it was wide but with results coming outs the smaller teams no send o

The stronger teams will up their games as the qualifiers proceed. The only minnows that I see as being capable of pushing to the end are The Comoros Islands.

Togo held Senegal to 0:0
Libya 1: 1 Cameroon

Comoros 1:0 Ghana FT

ChrisKels:


Wetin be scores?

Comoros leading 1:0. 94mins played

Comoros vs Ghana live on ghanaweb.com
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/LIVESTREAMING-Comoros-vs-Ghana-2026-World-Cup-Qualifiers-1884992

minfelix:
comoros 1-0 Ghana…wotowoto loading😂..all this small african teams no get respect again oo

Na initial gra-gra. When the bigger teams turn on the heat, the smaller teams will melt

Come to think that Mali is also in that group......

isan:
Why's everything working in Nigeria favor?

Rwanda has given us a second chance.

Benin and Lesotho played 0:0

Mujtahida:

We've never started a WCQ with this kind of wackness.

The WCQ for Russia 2018 was tough but due to the fact that we started well winning Zambia 2-1 in their home, it set us up nicely and we qualified.

Now see the sham this man has put us in playing weak teams like Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

Yes, we started with a 2-1 win away to Zambia while our other two opponents Cameroon and Algeria played 1:1. And the other teams played catch-up till it was all over.

Now we have put ourselves in a very difficult position

NFF should sack this coach before midnight today.

Samueltemi337:
You don forget when we nor dey qualify for AFCON?

We Lost to a team like Egypt and the other it was South Africa and PR Congo ahead of us.
This one we cannot beat a team like Lesotho and Zimbabwe are already ahead. It has never been this bad.

These are the Lowest moments of our football.
We've never had it this bad.

When I saw that starting lineup, I was like

charlesemeka85:
Footballer, Chibuike Nwaiwu, Seen Training With A Club In Israel, Few Days After His Club, Enyimba FC Announced Him Missing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The guy Japa, without Enyimba collecting transfer fees. Enyimba no want make him go greener pastures? His face in that pix says it all